UYBA Volley is an Italian women's

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

club based in

Busto Arsizio Busto Arsizio (; lmo, label= Bustocco, Büsti Grandi) is an Italian city and ''comune'' in the south-easternmost part of the Province of Varese, in the region of Lombardy, in Northern Italy, north of Milan. The economy of Busto Arsizio is main ...

, in the

province of Varese The province of Varese ( it, provincia di Varese) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese (population of 80,857 inhabitants), but its largest city is Busto Arsizio. The head ...

. The team currently plays in the Serie A1, Italy's highest professional league. The team is sponsored by Yamamay, an Italian company that produces undergarment and swimsuits.

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Brums Busto Arsizio (2000–2002) * Dimeglio Brums Busto Arsizio (2002–2006) * Yamamay Busto Arsizio (2006–2012) * Unendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio (2012–2016) * Unet Yamamay Busto Arsizio (2016–2017) * Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio (2017–present)

History

In 1996, Serie A1 club Unione Sportiva Cistellum Volley was playing at the Palazzetto dello Sport in

Cislago Cislago ( lmo, label=Western Lombard, Cislagh ) is a (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about southeast of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 9,1 ...

, a venue with small capacity, forcing the club to look for a new home venue. In 1997, when the nearby city of

inaugurated a 4,490 seat venue named PalaYamamay-Maria Piantanida, Cistellum decided to relocate to Busto Arsizio where it remained for three seasons. After relegation to Serie A2 at the end of the 1999–00 season, the club transferred all its sporting activities to Yamamay and is created. The club's first season was at the Serie A2 in 2000–01, promotion to the Serie A1 was achieved after seven seasons, in 2007. The first title was the 2009–10 Women's CEV Cup and in 2012 the club won four titles (Serie A1, Italian Cup, CEV Cup and Italian Super Cup).

Arena

The team currently plays at the PalaYamamay, an indoor

arena An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators ...

owned by the municipality of

. The town volleyball team has an exclusive right to use the arena, upon payment of a rental fee.

Supporters and rivalries

The main group of supporters of the Yamamay Busto Arsizio is called "''Amici delle Farfalle''" (AdF) (Friends of the butterflies). The main rivalry is with '' GSO Villa Cortese'', a team based in

Villa Cortese Villa Cortese ( Legnanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan. The administrative municipalities borders Legnano, San Giorgio su Legnano, Busto Garolfo an ...

, in the

Province of Milan The Province of Milan ( it, Provincia di Milano) was a province in the Lombardy region, Italy. Its capital was the city of Milan. The area of the former province is highly urbanized, with more than 2,000 inhabitants/km2, the third highest populati ...

, because the two cities are neighbors and because they belong to two different

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

s. The matches between the two teams are referred as "''Derby dell'Altomilanese''" (Derby of the Alto Milanese). The "''Alto Milanese''" is a geographical area between the provinces of Milan, Varese and part of the

province of Como The Province of Como ( it, Provincia di Como; german: Provinz Como; Comasco: ) is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and Le ...

Team

* ''Season 2020–2021, as of February 2021.''

Current coaching staff

Honours

National competitions

National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s ...

: 1 :2011–12 * Coccarda Coppa Italia

Coppa Italia The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since. History The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...

: 1 :2011–12 * Supercoppa italiana di pallavolo maschile

Italian Super Cup: 1 :2012

International competitions

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...

: 3 : 2009–10， 2011–12， 2018–19

References

External links

Official website
{{Italian women volleyball league Italian women's volleyball clubs Volleyball clubs established in 2000 2000 establishments in Italy Busto Arsizio Sport in Lombardy Serie A1 (women's volleyball) clubs